IN LOVING MEMORY OF:

James F. Lally 8 Oct 1918


First Name: James F.
Last Name:Lally
Rank: Pvt
Regiment: Co C 55 Arty. C.A.C.
Military Number:576958
Place of Birth:Abbey Lane, Loughrea, Co. Galway, Ireland,
Place of Death:Killed in action (Ravin de Lai Fuon, Bois de Very, near Montfaucon, France).
Date of Death:8 Oct 1918
Age:23
Additional Information:

Supplementary:

Date of Death: 8 Oct 1918

Buried: Remains returned to Ireland on the SS Millwater in 1922.

Next of Kin: Parents Michael & Mary(nee Connors) Lally, Abbey St. Loughrea, Co. Galway.

 

Additional Information: James arrived in New York in May 1915  aboard the SS Adriatic, he was the brother of Mrs, John McDonough Waltham, MA. The day he was killed he was acting has a telephone operator with orders to stay at his post in HQ. by so doing he was killed by a bomb from an enemy aircraft. After this his family received the dreaded telegram, Consulate Cable which read: James F. LALLY kia 1918-10-08.

Ravin de Lai Fuon France is mentioned in the book  written by Gene Fax “With Their Bare Hands: General Pershing, the 79th Division, and the battle for Montfaucon”.

 

 

State MASSACHUSETTS.


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